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Instrnction of the Deaf, — Mr. Alexander 

 Graham Bell addressed the Thilosophical 

 Society of Washington at one of its recent 

 meetings on the subject of " Fallacies con- 

 cerning the Deaf, and the Influence of those 

 Fallacies in preventing the Amelioration of 

 their Condition." He condemned the com- 

 mon phrases " deaf and dumb " and '• deaf- 

 mutes," as expressing what is not true ; 

 showing that those whom we term " deaf- 

 mutes " have no other natural defect than 

 that of hearing, and that they are dumb not 

 on account of lack of hearing, but of lack 

 of instruction. No one teaches them to 

 speak. The gesture- language which such a 

 child may use is developed by him at home, 

 not because it is the only form of language 

 natural to one in his condition, but because 

 his parents and friends neglect to use the 

 English language in his presence in a clearly 

 visible form. The sign-language of our in- 

 stitutions is objected to as an artificial and 

 conventional language, so far from being 

 natural that it is not understood by deaf 

 children on their entrance to an institution, 

 and hearing persons can not be qualified to 

 teach it till after many years. Practice in 

 it hinders the acquisition of the English lan- 

 guage ; makes the deaf associate together 

 in adult life, and avoid the society of hear- 

 ing people ; and thus causes the intermar- 

 riage of the deaf and the propagation of 

 their physical defect. Dr. Bell holds that 

 written English can be taught to deaf chil- 

 dren so as to become their vernacular, and 

 that, when they have been made familiar 

 with it in either its written or spoken form, 

 they can be taught to understand the utter- 



